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Overview...................................................................................................................................................2

Appearance.............................................................................................................................................. 2

Key Features and Benefits.....................................................................................................................3

Product Specifications........................................................................................................................... 4

Basic Ordering Information................................................................................................................... 9

Sources....................................................................................................................................................11

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OVERVIEW

Cisco introduces the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Enhanced Series Chassis (6500-E Series) delivering up to 2
terabits per second of system bandwidth capacity and 80 Gbps of per-slot bandwidth. In a system
configured for VSS, this translates to a system capacity of 4 Tbps. The Cisco Catalyst 6500 Enhanced
Series Chassis will be capable of delivering up to 180 Gbps of per-slot bandwidth with a system
capacity of up to 4 terabits per second. A system configured for VSS will be capable of delivering up to
8 Tbps of system bandwidth.

The Cisco Catalyst 6500-E Series Switch offers the broadest range of interface modules with
industry-leading performance and advanced feature integration. The Cisco Catalyst 6500-E Series
Switch also offers high port densities and comes in 3-, 4-, 6-, 9, 9-Vertical, and 13-slot versions that
make it ideal for a range of deployment scenarios.

The Cisco Catalyst 6500-E Series Chassis provides superior investment protection by supporting
multiple generations of products in the same chassis, lowering the total cost of ownership. The Cisco
Catalyst 6500-E Series Chassis supports all the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Supervisor Engines up to and
including the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 2T, and associated LAN, WAN, and services
modules.

APPEARANCE

Figure 1. Cisco Catalyst 6500-E Series Chassis

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KEY FEATURES AND BENEFITS

Feature Benefit

Scalability

3, 4, 6, 9, 9-V and 13-slot modular chassis Allows flexibility and room for future growth

Delivers up to 2 terabits per second of system

bandwidth capacity and 80 Gbps per-slot for all
slots. A system configured for VSS has a system
capacity of 4 terabits per second.

Capable of delivering up to 4 terabits per second Scales the system capacity for future needs
of system bandwidth and 180Gbps of per-slot
bandwidth. A system configured for VSS will be
capable of delivering up to 8 Tbps of system
capacity.

Scales to high-density 40 Gigabit Ethernet, 10

High interface capacity Gigabit Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet
configurations

Increased resiliency

Decreases the supervisor engine switchover time

of Supervisor Engine 720 and Supervisor Engine
Standby fabric hot sync
2T based systems to between 50 and 200 ms,
depending on the modules being used

Increases resiliency to protect against backplane

Redundant control channel
control channel failures

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 Increases availability with redundant supervisor
Redundant supervisor engine option
engine options

Supports redundant power supplies for increased

Redundant power supply option
availability

Supports hot-swappable fan tray

Fan tray
The 6509-V-E provides for redundant,
hot-swappable fan trays

Environmental

Allows ease of access to ports and cables

Side-to-side airflow (except Cisco Catalyst
6509-V-E) 6509-V-E has front-to-back air flow to support
hot aisle or cold aisle designs

Supports both AC and DC power supply options,

AC and DC power supply
including AC and DC mixing

Network Equipment Building Standards Layer 3 Supports NEBS L3 compliance for deployment in
(NEBS L3) compliant demanding environments

PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS OF CISCO CATALYST 6500-E SERIES SWITCH

Physical Specifications of Cisco Catalyst 6500-E Series Chassis

6503-E 6504-E 6506-E 6509-E 6509-V-E 6513-E

Number of
3 4 6 9 9 13
Slots

Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 32

Supervisor Compatibility
Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 720-3B

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 Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 720-3BXL

Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 720-10G-3C

Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine

720-10G-3CXL

Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 2T

AC: AC: AC:

2500W*, 2500W*, 2500W*, AC: 3000W,
Power Supply 3000W, 3000W, 3000W, 4000W,
AC: AC:
Compatibility 4000W, 4000W, 4000W, 6000W,
1400W, 2700W
6000W, 6000W, 6000W, 8700W
* Indicates 950W*
DC: 8700W 8700W 8700W
EoS Power DC: 2500W,
DC: 950W* 2700W
Supply DC: 2500W, DC: 2500W, DC: 2500W, 4000W,
4000W, 4000W, 4000W, 6000W
6000W 6000W 6000W

All modules based on the software release in the

Module Compatibility
system

Software Compatibility (Minimum Software Version)

12.2(33)S
XI1
With
12.2(18)S 12.2(18)S 12.2(18)S 12.2(18)S 12.2(18)S 12.2(33)S
Supervisor
XF XF XF XF XF10 XH2
Engine 32
12.2(18)S
XF14

12.2(33)S
With XI1
12.2(14)S 12.2(18)S 12.2(14)S 12.2(14)S 12.2(18)S
Supervisor
X XE X X XF10
Engine 720 12.2(33)S
XH2

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 12.2(18)S
XF14

12.2(33)S
With XI1
Supervisor 12.2(33)S 12.2(33)S 12.2(33)S 12.2(33)S 12.2(33)S
12.2(33)S
Engine XH XH XH XH XH
XH2
720-10 GE

With
Supervisor
15.0(1)SY 15.0(1)SY 15.0(1)SY 15.0(1)SY 15.0(1)SY 15.0(1)SY
Engine
2T-10 GE

Reliability
and
Availability

Calculated 860,868 677,643 441,418 348,935 330,888 311,778

Mean Time
Between
Failure
(MTBF)

Check the corresponding supervisor engine data

MIBS
sheet

Check the corresponding supervisor engine data

Network Management
sheet

Physical Dimensions

7 x 17.37 x 8.75 x 17.5 19.2 x 17.5 24.5 x 17.5 36.65 x 17.2 32.7 x 17.3
Inches
21.75 x 21.75 x 18 x 18.2 x 20.7 x 18.1

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 17.8 x 44.1 22.2 x 44.45 48.8 x 44.5 62.2 x 44.5 93.3 x 43.1 83.0 x 43.9
Centimeters
x 55.2 x 55.25 x 46.0 x 46.0 x 53.3 x 46

Rack Units
4 5 11 14 21 19
(RU)

Weight

Three
Two 12A Two 12A 12A at 100 31A at
16A at at 100 VAC at 100 VAC VAC -60 VDC
100 VAC (data only)
Chassis 16A at
Or Or Or
Only (lbs) 200 VAC
7A at 240 180A at
VAC Two 12A Two 16A Three -48 VDC
at 200 VAC at 200 VAC 16A at 200 (PoE)
VAC

Fully
Configured 33 40 50 60 121 102
(lbs)

Fully 190 270

Configured 85.4 97 159 280
(lbs)

100 to 240 VAC

Input Voltage
-48 to -60 VDC

UL 60950 Second Edition

CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950 Second Edition

Safety EN 60950 Second Edition

IEC 60950 Second Edition

AS/NZS 60950

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 FCC Part 15 (CFR 47) Class A

VCCI Class A

EN55022 Class A

CISPR 22 Class A

CE marking
EMC
AS/NZS 3548 Class A

ETS300 386

EN55024

EN61000-6-1

EN50082-1

GR-1089-Core NEBS Level 3

ETS 300 019 Storage Class 1.1

NEBS/ETSI
ETS 300 019 Transportation Class 2.3

ETS 300 019 Stationary Use Class 3.1

ATIS-0600020.2010 Pb Free circuit packs

ATIS-0600015-2009 General Energy Efficiency

Requirements (TEER)

ATIS-0600015.03-2009 Switch and Router Energy

ATIS Pb free and Energy Efficiency Efficiency

ATIS-0600015.01-2009 Server Energy Efficiency

VZ.TPR.9205 Verizon Energy Efficiency

Requirements for Telecommunication Equipment
(TEEER)

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 Operating Environment

Operating Temperature 32F to 104F (0 to 40C)

Storage Temperature -4 to 149F (-20 to 65C)

0.5C per minute (hot to cold)

Thermal Transition
0. 33C per minute (cold to hot)

Ambient (noncondensing) operating: 5% to 90%

Relative Humidity
Ambient (noncondensing) nonoperating and
storage: 5% to 95%

Certified for operation: 0 to 6500 ft (0 to 2000 m)

Operating Altitude
Designed and tested for operation: -200 to
10,000 ft (-60 to 3000 m)

CISCO 4500 BASIC ORDERING INFORMATION

Part Number Product Name

WS-C6503-E Cisco Catalyst 6503 Enhanced Chassis

WS-C6503-E= Cisco Catalyst 6503 Enhanced Chassis Spare

WS-C6503-E-FAN= Cisco Catalyst 6503 Enhanced Chassis Fan Tray Spare

WS-C6504-E Cisco Catalyst 6504 Enhanced Chassis

WS-C6504-E= Cisco Catalyst 6504 Enhanced Chassis Spare

WS-C6504-E-FAN= Cisco Catalyst 6504 Enhanced Chassis Fan Tray Spare

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WS-C6506-E Cisco Catalyst 6506 Enhanced Chassis

WS-C6506-E= Cisco Catalyst 6506 Enhanced Chassis Spare

WS-C6506-E-FAN= Cisco Catalyst 6506 Enhanced Chassis Fan Tray Spare

WS-C6509-E Cisco Catalyst 6509 Enhanced Chassis

WS-C6509-E= Cisco Catalyst 6509 Enhanced Chassis Spare

WS-C6509-E-FAN= Cisco Catalyst 6509 Enhanced Chassis Fan Tray Spare

WS-C6509-V-E Cisco Catalyst 6509 Vertical Enhanced Chassis

WS-C6509-V-E= Cisco Catalyst 6509 Vertical Enhanced Chassis Spare

WS-C6509-V-E-FAN= Cisco Catalyst 6509 Vertical Enhanced Chassis Fan Tray Spare

WS-C6513-E Cisco Catalyst 6513 Enhanced Chassis

WS-C6513-E= Cisco Catalyst 6513 Enhanced Chassis Spare

WS-C6513-E-FAN= Cisco Catalyst 6513 Enhanced Chassis Fan Tray Spare

PWR-1400-AC= Cisco Catalyst 6500 1400 W AC Power Supply

PWR-2700-AC/4= Cisco Catalyst 6500 2700W AC Power Supply

WS-CAC-3000W= Cisco Catalyst 6500 3000W AC Power Supply

WS-CAC-6000W= Cisco Catalyst 6500 6000W AC Power Supply

WS-CAC-8700W-E= Cisco Catalyst 6500 8700W Enhanced AC Power Supply

WS-CAC-4000W-INT= Cisco Catalyst 6500 4000W AC Power Supply for US

WS-CAC-4000W-INT= Cisco Catalyst 6500 4000W AC Power Supply for International

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WS-CDC-2500W= Cisco Catalyst 6500 2500W DC Power Supply

PWR-2700-DC/4= Cisco Catalyst 6500 2700W DC Power Supply

PWR-4000-DC= Cisco Catalyst 6500 4000W DC Power Supply

PWR-6000-DC= Cisco Catalyst 6500 6000W DC Power Supply

SOURCES

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/switches/catalyst-6500-series-switches/data_s
heet_c78-708665.html

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